Improvement in combined hame strap and pad



J. M. SHARP. Combined Hame Strap and Pad.

No. 214,460. Patented April 15, I879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. SHARP, or ATLANTIC, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED HAME STRAP AND PAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,4 60, dated April15, 1879; application filed February 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. SHARP, of Atlantic, in the county of Cassand State of Iowa, have invented a Harness-Hame Coupling and Pad, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a hame-coupling adapted toconnect the top ends of the hames, and also to cover the top of thecollar.

Heretofore a single strap long enough to pass back and forth from onehame to the other has been used to connect the hames, and the top pointof the collar allowed to project upward between the doubled strap, andconsequently the hames would slide downward on the collar, andadjustment was frequently required.

My coupling, consisting of two short straps and a pad,'combined ashereinafter fully set forth, will rest upon the top of the collar andbear up the hames at all times, and keep them in proper position on thecollar.

Figure l of my drawings is a top view of my coupling when extended in afiat position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing a pair of hamesconnected therewith. Together they illustrate the construction,application, and operation of my complete invention.

A represents a pad, made of a single piece of leather or any othersuitable material. It may vary in size as desired.

1) b are short leather straps, having buckles c fixed in one oftheirends, and series of perforations 1 2 3 4. in the opposite ends.These straps are stitched or riveted to the pad A in parallel positionnear its sides, in such a manner that the perforated ends of the strapswill extend from the opposite sides and opposite ends of the pad, asshown in Fig. 1.

To apply my coupling to connect a pair of hames at their top ends, thefree perforated ends of the flexible straps are each passed around oneof the hames or through loops on the hames, and the two separate stra-ps then connected with each other by means of the buckles c at theopposite ends of the pad, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, a combination hame-strap padconsisting of apad, A, and two buckling-straps, b c, permanentlyattached to the pad, substantially as shown and described, and adaptedto cover the top of a horse-collar, and to connect the top ends of apair of harness-hames, as set forth.

JOHN M. SHARP.

Witnesses:

I. N. HAMMOND, H. T. SHARP.

